Fecking Bahamas

Two weeks ago when we first got this month’s edition of the 2.0’s Day Music Dump together, it wasn’t looking totally scant but it was thinner than we wanted. In our minds, the sweet spot is sort of an even spread between big (AAA), medium (AA), and indie developed titles. We had most of what we needed, but preferred to go with just a little more, so we decided to wait another...

Outside the music itself, one thing we’ve found particularly energizing about Chevreuil‘s return is that overall, they’re resonating with an entirely different audience than they used to. Obviously that doesn’t exclude old heads like ourselves, but what we’re trying to say is that some of the people we’ve noticed enjoying Stadium literally weren’t even AL...

Considering all we do is talk about math rock, music theory, gear, and videogames, there’s little debating it – we are pretty nerdy. But that doesn’t mean we don’t like to get heavy every now and again. Hell, a lot of math rockers actually got their start in things like mathcore and metal, they just eventually chilled out.

But today we’re shocked and delighted to pres...

The last couple of months, we’ve been trying to find a way to jumpstart a Composer Spotlight series for our gaming section. We knew we wanted to start it off with a bang, but despite conversations here and there with composers and engineers that were available, a tangible meeting had yet to materialize.

We were just about to move on to a different idea when out of now...

You know there’s definitely some truth to the idea that Record Store Day is similar to Easter or Valentine’s Day in the way that much of it comes down to one thing – marketing. We don’t love it, but sometimes you have to take the good with the bad. As our boss said to us the other day, “not my monkey, not my circus.”

Besides, tomorrow’s ‘holiday’ is technically there t...